List of the
courses offered by the department:
The Department offers the
following courses:
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1. B.Pharm.
The duration of the course leading to degree of Bachelor of
Pharmacy is four years and a university examination is held at
the end of each year. It is full time course and the admission
to first year B.Pharm. is made on the. basis of marks obtained
in the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the Panjab
University usually in May.
Fifty five seats are available out of which 15 seats are
reserved for Foreign NRI/NRI sponsored candidates. One seat
each is also reserved for the nominee of Himachal Pradesh and
the Government of India from amongst the foreign students and
the students from the states and union territories lacking
facilities in this field and repatriates from Burma, Sri Lanka
etc.
Annual system of the examination is followed.During the
session one house examination is held which is compulsory. |
2. M.Pharm.
The duration of the course is two years.
i) CATEGORY A: OPEN CATEGORY (NUMBER OF SEATS-20)
Sub-category (a): 80% for Panjab University Graduates i.e. 16
seats
Sub-category (b): 20% for Graduates of Universities other than
Panjab
University i.e.4 seats
The minimum qualification required for admission to M.Pharm. two
years course is B.Pharm. with valid GATE score. As per resolution
of the Syndicate 80% of the total number of seats are reserved for
the graduates of Panjab University. This will also include the
seats reserved for other categories as per general guidelines of
the University. The proportional reservation criteria will be
applied to the remaining 20% seats also. Further allocation of
these reserved seats (80%) to the specializations viz.
Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and
Pharmacology will be considered on the basis of 80% reservation in
each discipline at the time of admission i.e:
Pharmaceutics
(6); Pharmaceutical Chemistry(6); Pharmacognosy (2);
Pharmacology(2)
The remaining 4
seats from 20% sub-category would be distributed as one each
candidate in each discipline.
For these 20 seats every student is eligible for a Scholarship as
per U.G.C. terms and conditions for a period of two years..
Further, in the
Sub-category of 80% reserved seats (16) for Graduates of Panjab
University, if any seat(s) reserved for SC, ST, BC, Sports and
Defence etc. remains unfilled that/those will be transferred to
the Open Block of the P.U. Graduates, so that the decision taken
by the Panjab University reserving 80% of the seats to P.U.
Graduates is honourably and strictly complied with.
In case under
the Sub-category (a) of P.U. Graduates any seat(s) remains
unfilled that/those will be transferred to the Sub-category(b) of
Graduates from Universities other than Panjab University. The
reservation criteria under this Sub-category (b) i.e. for 20% will
be applied to pooled number of seats.
In case in the
Sub-category(b), of pooled/otherwise, any seat(s) reserved for SC,
ST etc. remains unfilled that/those will be transferred to the
Open Block of Sub-categtory(b) i.e. 20% for Graduates from
Universities other than Panjab University for the purpose of
admission.
In case any
seat(s) remains unfilled under Sub-category(b) of 20% that/those
will be transferred to the Sub-category (a) of 80% and likewise
the reservation criteria would be applied to the pooled number of
seats.
As the admission
merit list is based on the basis of GATE which is an All India
Competitive Examination, no weightage will be given.
The allotment of
specialization to the admitted candidates would be decided by the
Board of Control on the day of admission on the basis of merit and
option of the specialization offered by the candidate.
For preparation
of merit list to:M.Pharm. two years course under the Category-A,
the following criteria will be followed:
i) Valid GATE
Score 70%
ii) B.Pharm. marks aggregate of all the
University examinations held during \
B.Pharmacy course
30%
CATEGORY-B:FOREIGN/NRI/NRI SPONSORED/
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SPONSORED (NUMBER OF SEATS : 15)
The minimum qualification for the
candidate(s) for seeking admission under this category is B.Pharm.
from a University/Institute approved by the All India Council for
Technical Education(AICTE) and is equivalent to the B.Pharm.
Degree of Panjab University with valid GATE score.
For preparation of merit list to M.Pharm. two years course under
Category-B, the following criteria will be followed:
i) Valid GATE Score/Graduate Record Examination(General)(GRE)
: 70%
ii) B.Pharm. marks aggregate of all the University examinations
held during B.Pharmacy
course :
30%
iii)Preference will be given to the candidates with valid GATE/GRE(General)Score
and B.Pharm. In case any seat(s) remain vacant after all such
cases are considered and exhausted, these seats will be filled by
admitting non-GATE/GRE(General) candidate(s) provided such
candidate(s) has/have scored 65% aggregate marks in B.Pharm. I,
II, III & IV and have cleared all the B.Pharm. examinations in
first attempt.
Admission under this clause would be made according to the merit
based on aggregate marks obtained in B.Pharm. 4 years.
The admitted candidates would make the payment of dues as follows:
a) US $3000 or equivalent Indian currency as sponsorship fee;
b)
Rs.50,000/- (per annum) as contingency;
c) Registration fee as per University rules in US dollars or
equivalent in Indian currency.
d)
All other dues as per University rules.
There is no
provision of grant of any scholarship under this category. The
qualifying institutions/universities should have the approval of
the AICTE.
The allocation
of these 15 seats under Foreign/NRI/NRI sponsored/Pharmaceutical
Industry sponsored category to different specializations would be
in the following ratio:
Pharmaceutics :
5
Pharmaceutical Chemistry : 3
Pharmacognosy : 5
Pharmacology : 2 |